Entertainment

Felicity Huffman Makes A Comeback After College Admissions Scandal

Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Leena Nasir Entertainment Reporter
Font Size:

“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman has embarked on her comeback to Hollywood after the infamous college admissions scandal.

Huffman has booked her first role since pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud for her role in the 2019 “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The famous actress, who has been out of the public eye since the scandal, is set to guest star in Criminal Minds spinoff “Evolution.” She will play the role of a doctor with deep connections to other lead characters in the franchise, the outlet reported.

Felicity Huffman attends A New Way Of Life 2022 Gala at Skirball Cultural Center on December 03, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images

Felicity Huffman attends the 70th Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

The Emmy award winner was previously set to star in a spinoff of “The Good Doctor,” but the series wasn’t picked up by ABC.

Huffman is reportedly poised to take on the role of Dr. Jill Gideon. Her character is a psychiatrist who agrees to help by aiding the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit as they investigate conspiracy theories surrounding a murder, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Her character is reluctant to return to the team due to her complicated history with other characters but pushes through to uncover clues as part of the investigation, the outlet reported.

Actress Felicity Huffman attends The 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for The Critics’ Choice Awards

Actress Felicity Huffman attends The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globe Party. Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images

The role is scripted as a guest star part, but the description published in affiliation with the episode suggested there may be room for Huffman to return in the future.

Huffman paid $15,000 to falsify her daughter’s SAT score in a scandal that gripped the headlines across the globe. Fellow “Desperate Housewives” star, Lori Loughlin, was also involved in the scandal. Huffman served 11 days of a 14-day prison sentence and was ordered to pay $30,000 in fines. She also provided 250 hours of community service. (RELATED: ‘EVERY CHANNEL!’: John Stamos Recalls Lori Loughlin’s Response When The College Admissions Scandal Made Headlines)

Actress Felicity Huffman attends the Television Academy’s 70th Anniversary Gala on June 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images

“Evolution” stars Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Ryan-James Hatanaka with Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

PREMIUM ARTICLE: Subscribe To Keep Reading

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign Up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
BENEFITS READERS PASS PATRIOTS FOUNDERS
Daily and Breaking Newsletters
Daily Caller Shows
Ad Free Experience
Exclusive Articles
Custom Newsletters
Editor Daily Rundown
Behind The Scenes Coverage
Award Winning Documentaries
Patriot War Room
Patriot Live Chat
Exclusive Events
Gold Membership Card
Tucker Mug

What does Founders Club include?

Tucker Mug and Membership Card
Founders

Readers,

Instead of sucking up to the political and corporate powers that dominate America, The Daily Caller is fighting for you — our readers. We humbly ask you to consider joining us in this fight.

Now that millions of readers are rejecting the increasingly biased and even corrupt corporate media and joining us daily, there are powerful forces lined up to stop us: the old guard of the news media hopes to marginalize us; the big corporate ad agencies want to deprive us of revenue and put us out of business; senators threaten to have our reporters arrested for asking simple questions; the big tech platforms want to limit our ability to communicate with you; and the political party establishments feel threatened by our independence.

We don't complain -- we can't stand complainers -- but we do call it how we see it. We have a fight on our hands, and it's intense. We need your help to smash through the big tech, big media and big government blockade.

We're the insurgent outsiders for a reason: our deep-dive investigations hold the powerful to account. Our original videos undermine their narratives on a daily basis. Even our insistence on having fun infuriates them -- because we won’t bend the knee to political correctness.

One reason we stand apart is because we are not afraid to say we love America. We love her with every fiber of our being, and we think she's worth saving from today’s craziness.

Help us save her.

A second reason we stand out is the sheer number of honest responsible reporters we have helped train. We have trained so many solid reporters that they now hold prominent positions at publications across the political spectrum. Hear a rare reasonable voice at a place like CNN? There’s a good chance they were trained at Daily Caller. Same goes for the numerous Daily Caller alumni dominating the news coverage at outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, Daily Wire and many others.

Simply put, America needs solid reporters fighting to tell the truth or we will never have honest elections or a fair system. We are working tirelessly to make that happen and we are making a difference.

Since 2010, The Daily Caller has grown immensely. We're in the halls of Congress. We're in the Oval Office. And we're in up to 20 million homes every single month. That's 20 million Americans like you who are impossible to ignore.

We can overcome the forces lined up against all of us. This is an important mission but we can’t do it unless you — the everyday Americans forgotten by the establishment — have our back.

Please consider becoming a Daily Caller Patriot today, and help us keep doing work that holds politicians, corporations and other leaders accountable. Help us thumb our noses at political correctness. Help us train a new generation of news reporters who will actually tell the truth. And help us remind Americans everywhere that there are millions of us who remain clear-eyed about our country's greatness.

In return for membership, Daily Caller Patriots will be able to read The Daily Caller without any of the ads that we have long used to support our mission. We know the ads drive you crazy. They drive us crazy too. But we need revenue to keep the fight going. If you join us, we will cut out the ads for you and put every Lincoln-headed cent we earn into amplifying our voice, training even more solid reporters, and giving you the ad-free experience and lightning fast website you deserve.

Patriots will also be eligible for Patriots Only content, newsletters, chats and live events with our reporters and editors. It's simple: welcome us into your lives, and we'll welcome you into ours.

We can save America together.

Become a Daily Caller Patriot today.

Signature

Neil Patel